Bicycle-support



(No Model.)

J. o. GRISP su J. G. SMITH.

BICYCLE SUPPORT.

No. 585,910. Patented July 6, 1897.

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IINTTED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

JOHN C. CRISP AND JAMES C. SMITH, OF ELYRIA, OHIO.

BICYCLE-SUPPO RT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,910, dated July 6, 1897.

Application filed July 25, 1896. Serial No. 600,467. (No model.)

To all whom, it 71am/ concern,.-

Be it known that we, JOHN C. CRISP and JAMES C. SMITH, citizens of the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle- Supports; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in bicycle-supports, the object being to provide a very simple and cheap device adapted to take hold of any convenient part of the bicycle-frame and thereby support the bicycle, which device may be secured to any flxed object in the manner substantially as described, whereby when not in use it hangs down out of the way.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out definitely iu the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of our bicycle-holder and a part of a bicycle which is being supported thereby. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the bicycle-support in the position which it assumes when not in use, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the swiveled end which carries the spring- Jaws.

Referring to the parts by letter, A represents a plate having ears a. This `plate is of any convenient shape, and it is intended to be permanently secured, by screws or otherwise, to a side wall or post or any other suitable fixed device.

B represents a rod which is pivoted to said ears a by means of horizontal rivets b, which pass through the forked inner end of said rod and the ears a. To the outer end of said rod an end piece C is swiveled. In the preferred combination the outer end of the rod B is cylindrical,reduced in size,and is passed through a cylindrical hole in the piece C and is upset to prevent its withdrawal. This end piece may be of any suitable form and to it are secured the two spring-jaws D. These springjaws are curved approximately as shown, and they are adapted to grasp any convenient part of the bicycle-frame, as, for example, the horizontal tube, as shown in Fig. 1. If the rod B is raised with the swiveled end piece in the relative position shown in Fig. 2," the jaws will be in position to grasp a substantially vertical part of the bicycle-frame.

The device is adapted to grasp anypart of the frame by reason of the fact that the end piece, which carries the spring-jaws, is swiveled to the end of the arm, whereby said jaws may assume the position shown in Fig. l or Fig. 2 or any intermediate position relative to the arm and its support.

E represents a strip of leather or other similar material which is secured to the inner face of the spring-jaws by any suitable means, as, for example, rivets, and the purpose of this leatheris to preventthe jaws from scratching the bicycle-frame when they grasp it.

Having described our invention, we claim- The combination of a plate adapted to be secured to a fixed support, an arm pivoted to said plate on a horizontal pivot, an end piece loosely swiveled to the end of said arm, means preventing the longitudinal movement of said end piece relative to said arm and springjaws secured to said end piece, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOI-IN C. CRISP. JAMES C. SMITH. Witnesses IRVING H. GRIswoLD, F. E. GrRrswoLD.` 

